Archive for the ‘C/C++’ Category
ToUnicode - Automating some of the steps of Unicode code conversion (Windows)
A small tool that goes though C/C++ files and changes them to (almost) compile as Unicode.
TaskBarCmd - programmatically change the Windows Taskbar settings
This is a small tool to change Windows taskbar settings from command line (hide/show, set the “keep on top” option, etc.)
CharMapEx - Some kind of character map :-)
This is a small tool that started as a private investigation into the functionality of some Windows API, to grow into a "CharMap" with some extras.
How to test if a user is Administrator on localized systems?
On some of the localized Windows version the names of the Administator uses and the Administrators group is translated. How to test in a locale-independent way if a user is Administrator?
Mojibake, question marks, and other troubles
Dealing with the most common character corruption problems in DBCS localization
Visual Studio Unicode projects
How to change a Visual Studio project to compile as Unicode
String API and internationalization
What string class/API is best for internationalization?
“Reverse IME” (getting hiragana/katakana/pinyin/bopomofo from kanji)
Obtaining pronunciation information from Kanji using the MS IME API
Customized GetNumberFormat and GetCurrencyFormat
The GetNumberFormat and GetCurrencyFormat Windows API accepts a pointer to a structure or NULL. But there is no API to fill the structures with the values matching a certain locale.
How SBCS-MBCS-Unicode application interact with Windows
Explains why the ANSI-Unicode applications separation, and why the limitations of ANSI applications cannot be solved without moving to Unicode.